This panel solicits papers on British and American nineteenth-centuryliterature that problematize the realism/supernaturalism dichotomy. Howis realism not just inflected and subverted but also perhaps constitutedby the supernatural, paranormal, and occult? Where and when, how and whydo â€œrealismâ€ and â€œsupernaturalismâ€ cease to be useful or validdesignations? What theoretical frameworks might one use toreconceptualize the relationship between supernaturalism and realism?Submit 250-500 word abstract and one-page CV to Srdjan Smajic atsrdjan.smajic_at_furman.edu. Please include with your abstract:name and affiliation, email address, postal address, telephone number,A/V requirements (if any; $10 handling fee). Deadline: September 15.